First Annual Meeting
CALL TO ORDER: The 1991 annual meeting of the Schoharie
Land Trust was called to order by Bob Smith at 8:02 PM
at the Cooperative Extension Office in Cobleskill on
16 May 1991.
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Elliott Adams
Catherine Harwood
Ken Hotopp
Mary
Jo O'Donnel
Denis O'Sullivan
Dan
Schuppel
Sandra Scouten-Ford
Robert Smith
John Townsend
Karl
Westphal
AUTHORIZED PAYMENTS- A motion made by Elliott Adams
and seconded to authorized the treasurer to make
the following payments was carried unanimously.
$70 to Bob Smith for expense incurred Humback
presentation
$5 to Denis O'Sullivan for video tape
$10 to Catherine Harwood for expenses incurred
$20 for membership in Land Trust Alliance
VECA- Karl Westphal will contact Keith Parslow about a
check from VECA
PARCEL PROPOSAL LIST- DEC's list of areas that "have
public benefit" has finished the initial stages
for this area and will be forwarded to DEC. Carl
Stefanik of the County Health Dept. has chaired
the committee for this area. Denis O'Sullivan
offered and was authorized qto research the
owners of land on the list if this would be
useful for the Trust.
MEETING NOTICES-Authorization was given to put notices
of meetings in the papers and to mail out meeting
notices to members.
EASEMENTS should be the topic of a training session
for the Board members soon.
TAX STATUS-Work will begin on the 501c3 as soon as
forms come. HUMBACK PRESENTATION RESPONSE- Generally
the presentation was well
received. Planning Boards felt he was right on.
Albany County Farm Bureau expressed some concerns
which were answered. Schoharie County Farm Bureau
president was quite strong in this questioning at
the presentation. It was agreed that it is
important for the Land Trust understand farmers
concerns and reservations about various land use
ideas. Additionally it is important that it is
clear to Schoharie Farm Bureau members and the
public at large that the Land Trust does not
necessarily espouse Humback's ideas, but felt
they were important enough to be heard and
therefore sponsored the presentation. Trust
members should contact Farm Bureau members on a
one to one to convey this. There are two video
tapes of the presentation.
ELECTIONS- Karl Westphal moved, for the nomination
committee, the following people for the Board of
Directors, for the terms stated (which were drawn
at random), it was seconded and carried
unanimously;
Elliott Adams
2yr
Catherine Harwood
1yr
Ken Hotopp
2yr
Eugene McCaffrey
3yr
Mary Jo O'Donnel
3yr
Dan Schuppel
3yr
Sandra Scouten-Ford 2yr
Robert Smith
1yr
John Townsend
1yr
Karl Westphal
1yr
Karl Westphal moved, for the nomination committee, and
it was
seconded and carried unanimously, the following Board
members for the offices noted;
Ken Hotopp
President
Mary Jo O'Donnel
Vice-President
Catherine Harwood
Treasure
John Townsend
Corresponding Secretary
Elliott Adams
Recording Secretary
BONDING TREASURER, while unnecessary now, should be
looked into at some future date.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTORS agreement will be
developed at the
next meeting. Karl Westphal will bring a sample
copy. MINUTES for the 17 January 1991 and 18 April
1991 meetings were
approved as corrected.
NEXT MEETING: A meeting has previously been set for
20 June 1991 at 8 pm at the Cooperative
Extension Office in Cobleskill.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 9:44 pm.
Elliott D. S. Adams
Recording Secretary
